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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-2248693

Amador Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Pittsboro, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $52,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $52,500

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $72,389

  • Tax year 2024

    $30,550

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $62,084

  • Tax year 2023

    $64,200

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $63,581

  • Tax year 2022

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $69,629

  • Tax year 2021

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $66,938

  • Tax year 2020

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $67,020

  • Tax year 2019

    $18,900

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $99,767

  • Tax year 2018

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $73,293

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Chatham Arts CouncilPittsboro, NC

    Support

    $8,000
  2. Northwood High School Band BoostersPittsboro, NC

    Support

    $7,000
  3. Sailing FoundationChapel Hill, NC

    Support

    $5,000
  4. Breakthrough T1DNew York, NY

    Support

    $5,000
  5. New Hope Bird AllianceChapel Hill, NC

    Support

    $5,000
  6. Haw River AssemblyPittsboro, NC

    Support

    $5,000
  7. Willow Oak Montessori Foundation in Willow Oak Montessori FoundationPittsboro, NC

    Support

    $2,500
  8. Triangle Youth BalletChapel Hill, NC

    Support

    $2,500
  9. Fractured Atlas Clapping Hands FarmNew York, NY

    Organizational support

    $2,000
  10. Carolina Theatre of GreensboroGreensboro, NC

    Support

    $2,000
  11. El FuturoDurham, NC

    Support

    $2,000
  12. El Vinculo HispanoSiler City, NC

    Support

    $2,000
  13. Chatham Organizing for Racial Equit Chatham Organizing for Racial EquityPittsboro, NC

    Support

    $2,000
  14. National Park FoundationWashington, DC

    Support

    $500
  15. Chatham Education Foundatin Chatham Education FoundationPittsboro, NC

    Support

    $500
  16. Chatham County Literacy CouncilSiler City, NC

    Support

    $500
  17. Learning OutsideChapel Hill, NC

    Support

    $500
  18. YWCA GreensboroGreensboro, NC

    Support

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $6,50048% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $5,00037% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $2,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina16 grants $47,000
  2. Maryland1 grant $5,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Elizabeth H BonitzPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • John BonitzVICE-PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sam HummelTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Anne HummelSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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